Horn of Africa

The UN Mission in South Sudan, (Unmiss) has condemned the alleged execution of four rebel fighters captured by government soldiers in the northern oil-producing Unity state. The killings on Saturday were reportedly in response to last month’s attack by the rebels on army positions in Mayom county. A video circulating …

Former deputy leader and spokesman of Al-Shabab Islamist militant group, Mukhtar Robow, has been appointed religious affairs minister in Somalia’s new government. The former militant leader had been under house arrest for four years. He was detained during the previous president’s term for organizing a militia. He was also accused …

Sudan’s Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed the presence of monkeypox in the country after a patient tested positive for the virus. The patient is a 16-year-old student from West Darfur state, the country’s health ministry said. The World Health Organization (WHO) last week declared the monkeypox outbreak a global …

A suicide bomber, wearing an explosive belt, burst into the Merka governorate building in Ethiopia’s Shabeellaha Hoose region and blew himself up, Anadolu Agency reported, citing a police source. According to the agency which quotes the source, the attack “caused the death of 6 people, including the governor of Merka, …

At least one protester lost his life in Sudan when security forces tried to disperse them during the anti-coup demonstration in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities, local media reported. In a statement, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said the protester died “after he was hit by live bullets …

The director of the American development assistance agency, Samantha Power, pledged more than a billion dollars on Monday to try to avoid famine in the Horn of Africa, calling on other countries, in particular China , to do more to combat the food crisis deepened by the Russian invasion of …

The World Food Programme says up to 20 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are at risk of starvation by the end of the year. The worst drought in four decades is raging through the Horn of Africa. Somalia is bearing the brunt with half of the population now …

Police in Ethiopia arrested the head of the Disaster Risk Management Commission, Mitiku Kassa, on suspicion of corruption, state-run television reported. The arrest follows a major investigation on a corruption case involving Mitiku and a non-governmental organization called Elshadai. Mr Kassa is accused of conspiring with the non-governmental organization, which …

A protester was killed during anti-military protests in Khartoum on Wednesday after security forces used excessive force, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said. “A martyr, who was not identified, has died after he was shot in the chest by the forces of darkness”, the doctors committee said in …

The chairperson of the African Union commission has called for “restraint, calm and dialogue” as the border dispute between Ethiopia and Sudan threatens to escalate. In a statement, Moussa Faki Mahamat said “the two brotherly countries” should settle any disagreement peacefully. The Chairperson of the African Union Commission calls for …